What is the difference between holistic healing and naturopathy?!


Question: What is the difference between holistic healing and naturopathy.?
After I receive my bachelor's degree at my university, I would like to go into alternative medicine. I am interested in looking at the whole person which includes mind, spirit, and the body. I also would like to help build people's health to prevent diseases, learn about herbs, and teach others about mediation and exercise. Health Question & Answer


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The holistic approach to medicine, simply put, is a way of treating the patient as a whole. In other words, when a patient presents with symptoms of an underlying disease, all aspects of the person's health are considered in the diagnosis and treatment. This means the various physical, psychological, and spiritual processes are considered in the treatment.

Naturopathic medicine is a science based medicine which incorporates the following principles into its philosophy (including a holistic approach).

The Healing Power of Nature
Trust in the body

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